Classroom Management

The Buzz On Cicadas: Cross-Curricular Activities

By Phil Nast April 22, 2013 10:13 am

In his memoir Naturalist, E.O. Wilson describes how he decided to become an ant expert. He was originally drawn to flies, a particular family of long-legged green and blue flies that appeared, he thought, “like animated gemstones,” but the …

Education policy

A Chardon High School Teacher’s Reflections on School Safety, One Year Later

By Tammy Segulin February 27, 2013 9:39 am

We always say, “We never thought it would happen here.” Columbine. Virginia Tech. Sandy Hook. When this kind of violence came to my community, and my school, we all said the same thing. How could anyone ever think something like …

 

Education technology

Should Students Be Allowed Access to iPads and Computers During Standardized Tests?

By Daniel Cox April 19, 2013 10:49 am

As teachers in the 21st century, we are expected by our schools, districts, states, and even country to utilize technology within the classroom.  We use the Internet, smart boards, video projectors, computers, iPads, iPods, and a myriad of other forms …

 

Lily's Blackboard

Angels Amongst Us

By Lily Eskelsen May 23, 2013 1:43 pm

“Take me instead. They’re just babies.” That was the prayer of those babies’ teacher, Anna Canaday. When the Oklahoma tornado hit Plaza Towers Elementary School Monday, she and her colleague, Jessica Simonds, tried to get the kindergartners to shelter.…

 

More experienced teachers get assigned higher scoring students

One suspects that more experienced teachers get handed easier to teach students. Not always of course, but on average. One mechanism is that more experienced teachers move to districts with higher socioeconomic status teachers, or move to “nicer” schools within …
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Profit of Education

“There is a Problem Here” – Journalist John Merrow

“There is a problem here” (Houston, We have a problem) John Merrow on what his wife’s response to the what is going on in this test driven, punish the teachers education deform.  Thank you Shaun and Tim for bringing us…
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@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Teacher’s resignation video: ‘Everything I loved about teaching is extinct’

In the video below, veteran teacher Ellie Rubenstein of Highland Park, Ill., resigns after eloquently explaining how teaching has changed over the past 15 years of school reform and why she believes public education is being misdirected. Rubenstein, who teaches…
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The Answer Sheet

Wow! A tremendous media report about high stakes testing.

Western New York has been a hot bed of high-stakes testing resistance this year. This media report from our local CBS affiliate is the most comprehensive look at assessment issues I have seen anywhere in the “mainstream media”. Thank you…
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@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Great Lessons: Evan Weinberg’s “Do You Know Blue?”

If you and I have had a conversation about math education in the last month, it's likely I've taken you by the collar, stared straight at you, and said, "Can I tell you about the math lesson that has me …
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dy/dan

Social Inclusion in the Middle Level

This article was originally published by NASSP, which is building a partnership with Project UNIFY and is currently a member of LFA By Andrea Cahn and Betty Edwards When you see me, I want you to see that we …
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